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Commando 41-12398

Aircraft Identification

VARIANT: Curtiss C-46A-15-CU Commando

USAF SERIAL NUMBER (S/N): 41-12398

CURTISS CONSTRUCTION NUMBER (C/N): 26525

COMMANDO LINE NUMBER (L/N): CU165

FATE: Written off

Operational Record

  June 1943 to March 1944

  41-12398 - USAAF (USA)

15 June 1943

Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.

2 July 1943

Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, 29th Transport Group based in Sookerating, Assam, India.

19 March 1944

Damaged beyond repair in Sookerating, Assam, India in a takeoff accident.

Pilot: Russell B. Dobbins

22 March 1944

Condemned for salvage.

Last edited: 05/01/2019